Chapter 371: Helpless Situation
After that, Yang Xu told Jiang Yue about the three plans and the illusion master fell into thought.
"Azhen and I have already thought about using teleportation formations." He said and then explained everything.
When the others heard the explanation, they couldn’t help but be excited.
"Teleportation formation disks are more practical." Someone shouted.
"If possible, each team leader should have a formation disk." Someone suggested.
"In that case, there should be a person with a large portable cave in each vanguard team."
With that, the council members began another round of discussion.
It was not until an hour later that the details were hushed and everyone was satisfied.
Soon after, the meeting ended and everyone dispersed to do their duties.
.....
At the same time, some of the top leaders of the Death Flower Ascension Front held a meeting.
"The large-scale self-explosion was unexpected." Someone said but his words did nothing to dispel the room’s gloomy atmosphere.
"We lost more than a thousand disciples."
"The other side did not get off easily. Most of them may have managed to survive but they are scattered all over the place. It’s only a matter of time before we even the score."
"That’s not all. One of our small outposts was bombarded with lightning talismans. Only six disciples managed to survive."
"Have you sent word to other small camps to lookout for lone enemies?"
"A message has been sent out. The previous outpost was caught by surprise. The disciples couldn’t react on time and they were wiped out. It shouldn’t happen again."
Unfortunately, the person had barely finished speaking before a disciple rushed into the meeting room.
"Don’t you know this is a high-level meeting room? Why did you enter without permission?" Ma Dong shouted and glared at the small disciple.
Seeing the disdain in the elder’s eyes, the small disciple fell to his knees and began to kowtow in fear.
"Speak. Why did you enter?" Liu Bai asked and the disciple lifted his head warily.
He looked at Ma Dong and when he was sure that the elder wouldn’t attack him, he gained a little confidence.
"Elders, we have received messages from several camps." The disciple said in a low voice.
"Speak up." Someone shouted and the disciple shuddered.
"Four more outposts have been attacked." The disciple spoke and everyone turned gloomy.
They had just finished discussing the countermeasures for preventing more attacks.
Unexpectedly, four small camps were attacked in the meantime.
"What’s the situation?" Liu Bai asked.
"The first camp was attacked by the young leader of the BlueStar Treasures Pavilion."
"Meng Zihua?" Shen Ru asked with undisguised ferocity in her eyes.
"It seems that the young pavilion leader came across one of our camps when retreating to their camp. Before our side reacted, thousands of flower petals floated into the camp and slaughtered more than three hundred disciples. She teleported right after she made the attack." The disciple explained and several people roared in anger.
They knew that Xuan Ke had made the same kind of powerful ambush and then escaped without waiting to see the results.
"Did the enemies plan this attack method after surviving the previous attack?"
"What about the other two outposts?"
"One was attacked by a disciple of the sword sect. The disciple sliced half the camp before escaping with injuries all over his body."
"Waste! What kind of waste can’t keep an injured enemy." Ma Dong roared in anger.
"The fourth?" Liu Bai asked with a deceptively calm face.
"The fourth..., the fourth..." The disciple started with a trembling voice.
"Speak quickly." Someone urged.
"Everyone in the fourth camp was killed."
"Killed?"
"If everyone was killed, how do we know what happened?"
"The fourth camp originally had four hundred disciples. They requested more people since their position was relatively close to the enemy camp. When the additional disciples arrived, the outpost was already burning."
"Our people think that Wei Ge did the massacre."
"It’s possible if it’s him." Shen Ru muttered and clenched his hands into fists.
She had more than once witnessed Wei Ge on the battlefield.
Although Wei Ge was young, his killing intent was no less than veteran soldiers.
In terms of fighting experience, few in the Nine Treasures secret realm could rival Wei Ge.
"Elder sister, how should we deal with the situation?" Ma Dong asked and everyone turned inquisitive eyes at Liu Bai.
Hearing the question, Liu Bai didn’t answer right away.
Instead, her brows creased and her mind fell into thought.
After a while, she sighed before speaking.
"Xuan Ke and the subsequent four are exceptions. It’s unlikely that other enemies will take the initiative to recklessly attack our outposts. In that case, there is no need to change our strategy."
"Just in case, let our camps organise themselves to avoid surprise attacks. Our original plan has not changed."
"Elder Lin, about the..." A male cultivator spoke but stopped midsentence.
Everyone understood what the person wanted to talk about and they shifted their eyes in discomfort.
"We are in a war; sacrifices must be made." Liu Bai said and swept a glance at everyone.
Seeing the look, the other leaders calmed down and didn’t dare to say more.
In the end, they were indeed in a war.
They understood that sacrifices had to be made but none of the leaders of the Death Flower Ascension Front planned to self-sacrifice for the cause.
.....
Outside the secret realm, Chen Qing looked at the ingredients in front of her and sighed in despair.
Originally, she agreed to the request of the allied forces of the Cangxing world and planned to refine the five-poisons pill.
Unfortunately, everything changed in the blink of an eye.
On her way to her portable cave from the meeting room, the necklace she always wore around her neck shone with a brilliant light.
As it turned out, her husband had long sabotaged the necklace and turned it into a teleportation charm.
When the time came, Wen Sichen activated the necklace and Chen Qing was teleported from the allied camp.
After that, she was forced to refine pills for the enemy and Chen Qing couldn’t take it anymore.
"What can I do?" She muttered under her breath.
At first, Chen Qing wanted to explode herself and kill a large number of enemies.
However, she found she couldn’t do it.
It was not because her heart was weak but because the enemy had done something to her body.
Whenever she tried to reverse her qi to explode herself, the qi would refuse to obey her.
As if that was not enough, a guard was always stationed in her room and would save her life when she tried to end it.
In the end, Chen Qing could only come to terms.
She realised that for the time being, she had to play along until she found an opportunity to change her situation.
"What do you want to do?" An amused voice came from the door and Chen Qing tensed.
As a Taoist companion, Wen Sichen had failed her and as a sect master, he had failed every disciple of the Sea Clouds sect.
When she saw him, Chen Qing felt nauseated.
She wanted to kill him so badly but wishes were not demon horses.
Even if she was free to do as she wished, her cultivation was weaker than Wen Sichen’s.
If she attacked him, she would suffer a crushing defeat without achieving anything.
"All you need to do is refine the pills you are asked to refine." Wen Sichen said and walked closer.
He looked at the ingredients on the table and a small smile curled his lips.
"These are the ingredients for spirit-rank rejuvenation pills. I remember you are especially good at refining this kind of pill. Each pot will be successfully refined nine out of ten times and the number of pills won’t be less than eight."
When Chen Qing heard that, her heart turned cold.
Before she realised her Taoist companion was a traitor, Chen Qing would have been flattered that Wen Sichen had noticed so much about her.
However, she only felt hatred when she heard it now.
This was because she knew Wen Sichen was threatening her.
Since she began refining for the enemy, Chen Qing had tried several things.
One of them was intentionally failing in alchemy in order to waste ingredients.
If she did not fail, she made sure the pills she produced were few and of low quality.
In this way, she opened to give her allies a better chance against the Death Flower Ascension Front.
Unfortunately, Wen Sichen saw through her small moves and came to implicitly threaten her.
"Qing’er, the Cangxing world has no future. Water flows upwards and people move to higher places."
"Why do I feel that you have moved under my shoe?" Chen Qing said with a sneer on her red lips.
"When the time comes, I will scrape you from the sole of my shoe and continue walking forward without looking back."
